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A primary goal of the Osprey Cam is to inform and educate young people about osprey. If your class is using the Osprey Cam in your classroom and/or school, please contact barbibird@tampabay.rr.com with the name and location of your school, age of students and total number of students participating.
Activities - In class learning games and other activities to enhance learning about ospreys.
Additional Resources: - For additional nature games and activites contact www.waterfordpress.com.
Pinellas Birds: www.PinellasBirds.com
Project Description:
Participation in monitoring an osprey nest is intended to accomplish three things. 1) To get children in the habit of observing the wildlife around them on a regular basis, 2) To create an interest in and to teach 'citizen science' methods of observations and collecting data and 3) To instill in children a sense of the value of volunteerism, particularly as it relates to the environment.
Become a Citizen Scientist
For enrichment children are encouraged to visit Honeymoon Island Nature Center and the Osprey Trail at Honeymoon Island.
Those who wish to continue participation in the effort to make the osprey the state bird are also welcomed to use their citizenship skills and writing skills to ask the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to include the legislation required to make the osprey the state bird. Last year students voted for state bird and the osprey won. Due to the economic climate that legislation was pulled from the FWC packet prior to the end of the last legislative session. Students will be able to participate in several ways.
Citizenship, legislative participation/citizenship activity
Additional Curriculum and Learning Opportunities:
This is a Cooperative Project of Public Service of New Hampshire, Audubon Society of Newhampshire and New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/osp_curr.pdf
http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm.html
http://www.westportosprey.org/
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